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My mother, young animal trapper

As told to me by my 91-year-old mother: I ran traps every day except during bad weather.  I caught animals for their furs. I caught mostly muskrats, but I also caught one raccoon and one skunk. One day,  a raccoon got caught in a trap by just one of  its toes.  I sic’ed  Pup on the raccoon but its toe broke loose and it bristled to fight.  The fight lasted a long time and Pup got tired.  It was dangerous to